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This is the world of records.

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# Officially...the biggest shoe

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# Weirdest face, fastest loo

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# Tightest space, longest snake

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# Smallest van, heaviest cake

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# Tallest man, longest ears on a dog... Aw!

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# Most poisonous frog... Argh!

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# And a woman with a beard... What?

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# Officially, officially, officially amazing. #

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Hello. I'm Ben Shires and welcome to officially amazing.

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The coolest look at the wacky world of records

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and record-makers that will leave you gasping in disbelief.

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Today, we've got an extravagant array of Guinness World Records

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and record attempts, including...

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Our resident record-hungry student, Sizzlin' Steve, is launching

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ping-pong balls around his kitchen

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in a bid for record-breaking glory...

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..I meet a woman getting undressed as fast as possible to try

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and get into the record books...

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..Haruka's in Japan giving her lungs a work-out...

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SHE SCREAMS

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..and Al finds out why this frothy-mouthed record holder

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doesn't have the hump about serving his country.

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But before any of that brilliance,

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let's meet a man with zero fear in...

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EXPLOSION

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COUGHING

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I'm here in North Carolina in the USA where today

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it's all about record-breaking on two-wheeled speed machines.

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This is Jesse Toler, one of the best motorcycle stunt riders

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on the planet.

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He puts on shows and takes part in competitions all over the world.

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But today will be a severe test even for a man with his talents

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as he sets out to try and break not one, but two,

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Guinness World Records involving one particular motorbiking stunt.

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No, not this, or this, but this.

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A stoppie. What is a stoppie?

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A stoppie is actually when you accelerate really fast and then you

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rely on nothing but your front brakes to lift the bike

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onto the front wheel and then carry that as far as possible.

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-So it's basically a front wheelie, really.

-Exactly.

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-A lot of people call it a front wheelie or nose wheelie.

-OK.

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I definitely wouldn't try it. Sounds WHEELIE painful to me!

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Just like that joke. And also plain dangerous too.

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So don't try this anywhere, ever.

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So, what is Jesse's first stoppie world record attempt going to be?

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The highest rate of speed travelled on the front wheel.

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That's the fun one.

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HE LAUGHS

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Jesse has set himself a very fast target.

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He wants to perform a stoppie while travelling at 150mph.

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This record attempt is so dangerous because

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if Jesse brakes too hard, he'll go headfirst over the handlebars.

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He loves breaking records which is why he's often breaking bones.

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My medical record is extensive.

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In a nutshell, two ankles, a leg, a femur, two shoulders.

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Collarbone. Six ribs, eight fingers, seven toes. 13 concussions.

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Despite all the injuries,

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Jesse just can't stoppie which is probably why his mum's worried sick.

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It's very scary if you're a mother.

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In fact, she's so worried,

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she's sticking as close as possible to that ambulance.

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Don't let your child do this. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

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It's very, very hard.

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BIKE STARTS UP

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Good job.

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To get up to that maximum speed of 150mph and then balance on

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that front wheel, Jesse will need to start from way back in the car park.

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Even though this track looks ridiculously long,

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150mph goes away pretty fast.

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I'm only going to have about 700 feet at the end of the track

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to stop, after all this.

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So hopefully I don't run off into the gravel and get all messed up.

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You'll be fine, Jesse, they've put cones out!

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This is it. Can he do it?

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OK, here we go. Record attempt time.

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Wow, that looks fast.

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But the speed gun will tell us just how fast he was going

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when he did this.

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Incredible! That's 145mph. Amazing!

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So, Jesse's already set a new record but he really wants to hit

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that 150 target, so he's going to flirt with danger one more time.

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Here he comes again.

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-Oh, surely that must have been quicker.

-150.

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It was.

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He hit that target of 150mph and he's done it.

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-That's a new Guinness World Record.

-Not bad!

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Mum's delighted that he's still in one piece but Jesse's not done yet.

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-He'll be back later...

-Let's make this record, here he comes!

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..to try and set another world record for the longest stoppie.

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But, first, prepare to be completely weirded out with Al in...

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-Uh-oh.

-Hah!

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'Meet Ilker Yilmaz from Turkey who's about to attempt to

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'create a Guinness World Record by extinguishing five candles

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'with some milk in a very weird way.

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'Will he squirt milk from his eyes?

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'Spit milk from his mouth?

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'Or shoot milk from his ears?

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'Look away now if you're squeamish because it's pretty gross.

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'Well, here's your answer. eyes it is.

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'We don't know what his special technique is and, frankly,

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'we don't want to know as we never want to try it.

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'Just be sure you use milk for cereal and milkshakes and not for this.

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'This is actually happening.

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'You're watching a grown man trying to set a new world record for

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'the quickest time to extinguish five candles with milk

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'squirted from the eye.'

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DING!

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'I'm pretty sure I've never said that sentence before.'

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DING!

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'So that's two candles out. He is actually good this.

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'That's three candles extinguished but he actually looks in pain.

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'It's almost as if his eyes weren't designed to be

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'milky water pistols(!) Go figure!

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'By the way, an anagram of this man's name,

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'Ilker Yilmaz is...

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'Just thought you might like to know that.

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'He's done it.

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'Two minutes, seven seconds to extinguish

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'five candles by squirting milk from your eye.'

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CHEERING

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'All right.

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'Now he's just milking it. Anyway, time for me to show you something...'

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FANFARE Whaargh!

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'Here in America, as well as police officers we have local sheriffs.

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'They've got the car with flashing lights, the hat,

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'the sunglasses, the badge, the hooves,

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'the fur coat, the big hairy nose.

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'Now I know what you'd say, Ben.

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MIMICS BEN: 'Cor blimey, Al Jackson, you're taking the mickey.

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'Nobody would make a camel a copper!'

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-BEN:

-'Not with that dodgy accent I wouldn't.'

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Meet Deputy Sheriff Bert.

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He is officially a camel of the law.

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FANFARE

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-"BERT" IN AMERICAN ACCENT:

-Sir, please remove your hand

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and step away from the vehi-cle.

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And by vehi-cle, I mean me.

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'Camel cops do seem a bit strange, even for you Americans is.

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BERT BELLOWS

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'Bert is not strange, he's a brilliant record holder.

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'He just didn't have time to brush his teeth this morning.

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'Bert stands for...

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'He has the record

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'or the highest-ranking position in law enforcement held by a camel.

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-'His official title is Deputy Sheriff.

-Hang on.

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'So let me get this straight.

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'Bert is the only crime-fighting camel in the world?

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'Actually, he visits schools and talks to the kids.

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'So, technically, it's more about preventing crime than fighting it.

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'But how do you really know? You haven't asked my questions.

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'What? I thought that was a joke. Are you serious?

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'Totally. I've seen Chief Wiggum in The Simpsons,

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'so I know loads about the police over there but not police camels.

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'Now, ask the questions.

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'Oh, all right. I'll ask Bert's partner, Nancy,

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'seeing as camels can't talk.'

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-Say what?

-Can Bert arrest anyone?

-No, he doesn't have arrest powers.

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That's not in his job description.

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-Does he have a sheriff's hat?

-'It's a fair question.'

-No, no, no.

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-Is this guy for real?

-I have to ask this.

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In a high-speed chase,

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does he prefer to drive or does he prefer to be the passenger?

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-Er, he'd be the driver.

-OK. Well, there you have it.

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-Those questions are officially stupid.

-'What?!'

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But that doesn't Bert any less officially amazing.

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'He might not wear a hat or drive in high-speed chases

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'but Bert is still pretty unique.

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'And you English are supposed to be the eccentric ones.

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'Oh, we are, Al. We just do it in a more formal way.'

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Here in Britain, we have an animal that ranks even higher.

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In fact, so important is he

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that I'm dressed in my very best in order to meet him.

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He's a knight and he goes by the name of Sir Nils Olav. Toot-toot!

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'And this is him. He lives in Britain and, yes, he's a penguin.

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'But he is no ordinary bird.

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'Sir Nils Olav here holds the record for being the highest-ranking

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-'penguin.

-But that's just silly. At least Bert has an actual job.

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-'Your guy is just wandering around the zoo eating fish.

-How dare you!

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'I'll have you know that Nils Olav was adopted by

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'the Norwegian King's Guard in 1972.

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'He served in the army as official mascot.

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-'A penguin? In the army?!

-Yes, Al. Pay ATTENTION!

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'And in 2008, after 36 years of uninterrupted service,

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'if you ignore the bit where he died

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'and was replaced by another penguin,

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'Nils Olav became Sir Nils Olav -

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'the King of Norway himself said that Nils was a penguin... '

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..in every way qualified

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to receive the honour and dignity of knighthood.

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'And this is what some of his loyal subjects think of him.'

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OK, guys, give me the skinny while he's not listening.

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-What do you really think of Sir Nils Olav?

-He is a jolly nice chap.

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-Doesn't suffer fools gladly.

-Very much black and white.

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May I just say that it is lovely to meet you, Sir Nils Olav.

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-Yes, it must be.

-If I could just ask a few questions.

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-How does it feel to be a knight?

-Well, I don't know. Um, I like it.

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-Yes, yes, yes.

-And can I ask what's your favourite food?

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-Herring.

-Surely it should be iceberg-er?

-No, no, no. Listen.

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-It's definitely herring.

-OK. OK.

-I'll be done?

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-Sir Nils, thank you ever so much.

-Thank goodness that's over.

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Commoner.

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It's not every day you find yourself in the presence of such

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a distinguished bird.

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Sir Nils is not only a knight but is also officially amazing.

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And get this. He even gave me a gift. A herring.

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Great! Just what I wanted.

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Mmm...

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'I don't know why he likes them so much.

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'It tasted awful and I was coughing up herring bones for days.

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'Anyway, over to Haruka for...'

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Aiiiee-yah!

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CRUNCH! CLATTER!

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Weurgh...

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'This is FujiQ Amusement Park in the shadow of Mount Fuji.'

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And this roller coaster is the reason why I've come here today.

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'Its name - Takabisha - which means "high-flying car" in Japanese.

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'I wonder why(?)

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'Somehow I've stupidly agreed to ride it

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'so I can experience its world-record-holding drop.

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'Nothing like the sound of other people screaming

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'to really calm the nerves.'

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SCREAMING

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I'm really scared. Oh...

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SCREAMING

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'The time has come!

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'I should have asked for a sick bag.'

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'Haruka is too busy screaming but she's meant to be telling you

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'that this roller coaster travels at up to 60mph.

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'Oh, and we told her this was the gentle bit. Whoopsy.'

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OK, OK, OK. Now, the scariest part is coming up.

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It's the record-breaking ride because it has the steepest,

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vertical drop and it is 121 degrees!

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HARUKA SCREAMS

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'When I get to the top, that record-breaking drop awaits me.

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'The reason this is the world's steepest roller coaster

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'is because during the drop you actually go back in on yourself

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'as do your insides.

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'It's a lovely view of Mount Fuji at the top,

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'not that I can really appreciate it right now.'

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SHE SCREAMS AND WHIMPERS

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No way! No...

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SCREAMING

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'It's just getting embarrassing now. Did I really scream that much?

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'I think it's fair to say the best thing about this roller coaster

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'is that it only lasts two minutes.'

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It was this much fun and this much scary.

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No... SCREAMING

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It's the officially amazing ride in the world.

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No... SCREAMING

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Next...

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CRUNCHING

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Thwrrpt!

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COW MOOS

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'This is Steve - Sizzlin' Steve to you and me.

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'Before you go thinking he looks like your average

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'kind of guy, you're wrong.

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'He's a record-breaking demon and he does all his attempts from here -

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'record-breaking HQ, otherwise known as his student flat in Portsmouth.

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'And what's more, they're Guinness World Records that you - yes, you -

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'can try to.

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'So what has Steve got for me today, I wonder?'

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Ho-ho! Look at this, it's Sizzlin' Steve, literally sizzling.

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You couldn't make this stuff up. Steve, what's the record?

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It's for the most ping-pong balls

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bounced into a pint glass in one minute.

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Is that it? That sounds pretty easy to me.

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-'Uh-oh, I think I've upset the Sizzler.'

-The record is five.

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'Well, that's told me.

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'So Steve will be aiming to bounce more than

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'five balls into a pint glass.

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'Those sausages will have to wait, there are records to be attempted.'

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-Steve, are you feeling good?

-I am.

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'Official adjudicator Claire is ready to time the attempt,

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'keep count of the balls

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'and make sure Steve is sizzling within the rules.'

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Claire, what does Steve have to focus on

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in order to get this record?

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There's two things, Steve.

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First of all, the balls must bounce once before they go that glass.

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Number two, you must be standing behind this line at all times.

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If you cross over that line, the attempt is immediately disqualified.

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You have one minute. The record to beat is five.

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Ping pong.

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'That's one in already.

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'Steve must be two metres from the glass otherwise

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'he'll be disqualified.' Aim for the pint glass, Steve.

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That's the key. 'Steve is going for quantity over quality.'

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Almost. Almost, Steve. Come on!

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'And lobbing loads of balls

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'in the vague hope that some will go in.'

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Five, four, three, two, one. Time's up.

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'Oh, no, devastation for the Sizzler.

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'Time is up and he's fluffed it, just two balls bounced in.

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Stephen Sizzle!

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'But all is not lost. He's going to give it another go.

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'And to help him get into the right frame of mind,

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'I think a bit of ping pong Zen time is in order.

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CHINESE FLUTES AND CHIMES

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Ping and pong.

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And ping...and pong.

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And pong...and ping.

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'OK, that's quite enough of that. Back to the challenge.'

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Three, two, one. Bounce!

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It's already a quick start.

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'But there is some way to go to beat the record of five.'

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It's all about working out angles in this game.

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And bouncing balls into cups. But mainly angles.

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Oh! 'He's got two in now.'

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-Oh, ho-ho!

-Three seconds.

-Halfway there. Oh, that's four.

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Change the glass!

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The glass change is allowed,

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so Steve has room to bounce more balls in.

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Only one more to go and you've equalled the record.

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Two to break it. He is sizzling.

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'Oh, look at that!'

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Oh, Steve!

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Come on, sizzle for me.

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-Two.

-'Ping pong precision!'

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Steve! Steve! You sizzled and you fizzled.

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And look at that chin - it's a chisel. But did you get the record?

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I think he got six. Claire?

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Well, Steve, the record you had to beat was five.

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You just achieved six in one minute. That's a new world record!

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Congratulations, Sizzlin' Steve.

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-How does it feel, sir? Look at that!

-I'm over the moon.

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I didn't think I'd get that one, so I'm pleased with that.

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Congratulations.

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You are obviously officially amazing and, who knows,

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maybe someday you too will be officially amazing.

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Because you're never too young to get a record

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and you're never too old either, as this next bunch all proved.

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Let's get funky.

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# Waaaah

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-# When you look at me

-What do you see?

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# I see an OAP

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ALL: # Wah-ooh

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# Let me sing it loud

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# OAP, it stands for old and proud

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# Well, how brave are you? Would you bungee from on high?

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# This here is the oldest person to give that thing a try

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# His name is Mohr Keet and he knew how to get his kicks

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# Because he was still bungee jumping at the age of 96

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# Now everybody knows that you can travel in an aeroplane

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# But Tom Lackey was 85 with ambition on the brain

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# He stood up on the wing while a plane did a loop-the-loop

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# Do you think when you're that old

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# You will be quite so super duper?

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# Waaah! When you're over 65?

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-# Won't you tell me

-What you're going to be?

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# I'll be an OAP

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ALL: # Waaah! Oooh!

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# I'm the coolest in the crowd

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# OAP, it stands for old and proud

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# How would you feel about doing a really high abseil?

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# Well, Doris here was 98 but she was one cool female

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# From 60 metres up she made it back down to the ground

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# Is she the coolest old adventurous woman to be found?

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ALL: # Waaah! Woooh!

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# When you look at me what do you see?

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# I see an OAP

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ALL: # Waaah!

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# Well, let me sing it loud

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# OAP, it stands for old and proud

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ALL: # Oooh... #

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Well, I don't know about anyone else,

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but I'm an OAP who needs a cup of tea.

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Far too strenuous this bungee jumping...loop-the-looping...

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I really should settle down.

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'Part two.'

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SCREAMING

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'Welcome back to North Carolina in America.

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'Earlier on, we saw Jesse Toler bag himself a new Guinness

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'World Record doing this at a colossal 150mph.

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'But Jesse wants more so he's turned his attention from speed to

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'distance, to see how far he can travel doing a stoppie.

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'Now, we've already seen that a motorbike stoppie

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'is when you balance on the front wheel rather than the back.

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'And we know it's extremely dangerous and should never be tried.

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'To go far in this distance record, here's what Jesse needs to remember.

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'The stoppie starts when the rear wheel leaves the ground and ends

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'when it touches back down again. Simple but dangerous.

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'For this record, Jesse needs to beat a distance of 873 feet which,

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'to us Brits, is around 266 metres.

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'For the benefit of an excitable crowd, Jesse beat this distance

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'but only just.

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'The track here in front of the crowd is all chewed up

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'by monster trucks and dragsters.

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'So Jesse did another attempt to try

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'and go further on this smoother tarmac

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'at the other end of the strip. Here's how he got on.

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'Look at that for blistering pace.

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'He touches the front brakes and he's up onto the front wheel,

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'but how long can he balance for?

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'He's sailed past the 266 metres target and he's still rolling.

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'304 metres! He's absolutely smashed it and he's still going!

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'He's going to run out of track at this rate.

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'Ooh, every centimetre counts.'

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THEY CHEER

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'I think that means he's happy. Incredible.

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'Let's get the official verdict from adjudicator Freddie.'

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-It looked pretty far to me. Was it?

-It was indeed.

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It was actually 1,320.3 feet.

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'Or, as we would say, 403 metres.

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'That's just over one lap of an athletics track,

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'all balancing on his front wheel.'

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So Jesse Toler is now a double Guinness World Record holder.

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-Congratulations.

-Thank you.

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Can we remove the sunglasses and get a bit of Jesse Toler emotion?

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This is special, just for you.

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Look at that, the eyes of the champion.

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Not just officially amazing but doubly officially amazing.

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Two times.

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'Crikey, that's double world record holder Jesse Toler!

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'So let's leave this sun-drenched speedway now

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'and head to a dingy dungeon for...'

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SNAP!

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Ta-da! Ow!

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Oh...

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RATTLING CHAINS

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Hi! Excuse the limping back there.

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Picked up a few blisters off these chains.

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And if you're wondering why I'm wearing all this kind of clobber,

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it's because I'm about to meet

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someone who is an expert in escapology.

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'This is Sofia Romero.

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'Escapology is the art of, well, escaping from things.

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'And today, Sofia will be taking on, or rather off, a straitjacket.

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'OK, can I get a key now, please?

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'The straitjacket has been around since the 18th century

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'and although it isn't used in the UK any more, it was designed to

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'restrain dangerous patients and criminals and prevent them

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'from being violent towards themselves and others.

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'The jackets has a strap that passes through the legs to stop

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'the person wearing it simply slipping it off over their head.

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'There are buckles at the back and extra long sleeves are also

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'tied behind the wearer, making it very difficult to escape.

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'Difficult but not impossible.

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'And this is why Sofia

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'is already a world-record-holding escapologist.'

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OK, Sofia, on my count, get yourself out of that straitjacket.

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Three, two, one, go!

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CLOCK TICKS

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BEN LAUGHS

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That's under five seconds.

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'That was Sofia's demonstration of

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'why she currently holds the world record

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'for the fastest time to escape from a straitjacket at just 4.69 seconds.

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'Today, Sofia will need speed and stamina as she tries to get another

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'Guinness World Record for the most

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'straitjacket escapes in one hour.

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'And these are the rules.'

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'And to get this new record, Sofia needs to escape at least 25 times.'

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Right, well, the time has come.

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We've got Sofia and her assistant, Roger.

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I'm also joined by Manu, the official adjudicator.

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-If you are ready, do you want to do the counting?

-Yes. OK, on my mark.

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Three, two, one, go.

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'We're off and running.

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'Assistant Roger secures the buckles at the back, the leg strap

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'and the arms.

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'Adjudicator Manu checks it over.'

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Go.

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'He's happy and Sofia attempts her first escape.'

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There you go, it makes it look easy. That's the first one of the hour.

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'Here she goes again.'

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Now, remember, the record is to get 25 escapes in an hour.

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Now, I reckon if I had 25 hours, I couldn't make one escape.

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'It may only take five seconds for Sofia

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'to escape from the straitjacket but it takes almost a full minute

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'to get her buckled back into it and checked to be ready to go again.

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'While Sofia carries on,

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'let's have a rummage around in our old film box.

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'Have a look at this!

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'Only the greatest and most famous escapologist of all time,

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'Harry Houdini.

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'Over 100 years ago, Houdini specialised in straitjacket escapes,

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'though he often did so while suspended upside down from cranes

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'and buildings. Look at that!

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'Thankfully, Sofia has gone for a safer option to attempt

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'this record.

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'But he's done it! Attaboy, Harry!

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'So five minutes left on the clock, Sofia hasn't got long.

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'Can she get a new world record?

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'I'd love to tell you how she does it

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'but Sofia's technique is top secret.

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'All we know is, it involves speed, coordination and repetition.'

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Five, four, three... 'She's almost out of time.

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'She's not going to get this one.'

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..two, one. That's the hour.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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How many?

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'So she managed to keep going for the entire 60 minutes

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'but was she fast enough to beat the target of 25 escapes?

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'Let's find out from official adjudicator Manu.'

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In one hour you managed...

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-..49 escapes.

-Really?

-Congratulations.

-Wow!

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'She's absolutely smashed it.

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'With 49 escapes, she's almost doubled the target.

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'She's officially lost for words.'

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I'm speechless.

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'That's the fourth new world record on today's show.

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'See you next time for more officially amazing adventures.

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# Yeah, Jesse rode that motorbike

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# Breaking records with the front wheel

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# Both stoppies were strong One fast, one long

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# This dude is the real deal

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# Sizzlin' Steve returned and a ping-pong record is what he earned

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# I thought Sofia couldn't hack it but she got out of 49 straitjackets

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# And don't get the hump with this guy or he will arrest you... #

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BERT GURGLES

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# It's all officially amazing! #

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